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nature of things and hence he is a right believer. The same idea occurs in the Bhagavad Gitā. “He who thinks of him as slayer, he who deems him slain--these both are void of judgment; he doth not slay nor is he slain.” 11.19.
Next the author explains why such thoughts imply ajñāna or lack of true knowledge.
आउक्खयेण मरणं जीवाणं जिणवरेहि पण्णत्तं । आउं ण हरेसि तुमं कह ते मरणं कयं तेसि ॥२४८।। āukkhayeņa maraṇam jīvānam jiņavarehim pannattain āum ņa haresi tumam kaha te maraṇam kayam tesim (248) आयुःक्षयेण मरणं जीवानां जिनवरैः प्रज्ञप्तम् ।।
आयुर्न हरसि त्वं कथं त्वया मरणं कृतं तेषाम् ॥२४८॥
248. It is declared by the Jinas that the death of living beings is caused by the disappearance of their age-determining karma. (Since) thou doth not destroy their age-determining karma, how is their death caused by thee?
आउक्खयेण मरणं जीवाणं जिणवरेहि पण्णत्तं । आउं ण हरंति तुह कह ते मरणं कयं तेहिं ॥२४६।। āukkhayeņa maraṇam jīvānam jiņavarehim paņņattan āuń na haramti tuha kaha te maraṇam kayam tehim (249) आयुःक्षयेण मरणं जीवानां जिनवरैः प्रज्ञप्तम् ।
आयुन हरन्ति तव कथं ते मरणं कृतं तैः ॥२४६॥
249. It is declared by the Jinas that the death of living beings is caused by the disappearance of their age-determining karma. (Since) they do not destroy thine age-determining karma how can thy death be caused by them.
COMMENTARY
Death of living beings results only when their age-determin ing karmas wear out. This wearing out of one's own age karma will be caused by its running its full course of duration and not by any other means. When that causal condition is absent, the result cannot be produced by any other means. Hence no one can think of causing the death of another. Therefore the thought, "I kill or I am killed” is certainly the mark of ajñāna or absence of knowledge of things real.
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